Allegory of Gustaaf Willem Baron van Imhoff, Governor of the Dutch East Indies. A female personification sits next to a pedestal with the governor's portrait. She holds a palm branch and a snake biting itself in the tail. Next to her is a horn of plenty. The frame with an irregular shape is crowned by the man's coat of arms with a banner on which the letters VOC (Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) are legible. Beneath the scene is a Dutch poem of praise by Hendrik Snakenburg, Allegory of Gustaaf Willem Baron van Imhoff Governor of the Dutch East Indies, print maker: François van Bleyswijck, (

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